The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-02-03
A Haunted Ship.

| ED on A FRIDAY.
I Il do not believe in fate. except so far a,
there must logically exist or have existed
| cal,>e for every effect" said eX-Captain Tum
bridge Yesterday. ''hut somehow the history OF
| the ship Harvey Mills battles my philosophy
The law of chance. which is not susceptible tC
| legislative modification. is the only law that
! rules the sea. and never in the records OF
American shipping has there been an instance
| of such consistent perVer>itv and persistent
adNtr>ity following the fortunes of a sailn.
vessel as pursued the Harvey Mills from tn,
hour OF launching to the hour of laundering in
mi,i-occan.
| This modern mariner lives in Brooklyn. II,
left the >c; because he could not reconcile hi,
conscience with the way- Of Providence to tn,
sailor and because ho preferred the conServa.
ii>ln of society on dry land to the un>tabilit.
Of deep Sea navigation. Partly from his eN.
! p,ricncr. partly from ili" record, of the Amer.
lean >hpma>tcr> Association at No. 81 VIII
| liam street.. this city, ana partly from reports
| That have appeared i'll the Eu@hsh new Ws,taper>
III intervals during the past ten wears. these re-
inarkii'l' ncrlrnl> III the career of the Harvey
| Mills are arranged in the order of their occur
| renee.
| LAUNCHED ON FRIDAY.
On The last Thursday of September 1876 the
| huli of What WAS to be Il full lyged ship l;N in
| the d"rkNard OF the seaport town of Thomas
ton. Me-. ready Tor launching. 4 in.
series Of delays had attended her construction
| IL spite Of accurate designing and the rm, ov.
| lncnl of skilled artisans her tmhcr> were
found TO he AT @eomrlric;tl siNvs and >rven>
and ilali Of IN, N had to he rcctlt aud l., placed
She was 2}l feet long. and il had been the pul-
pose Of her builder. Mr.. Harvey Mills. to com
| plrie the ship on The 23l>t da, of the year
about the middle of August. but the aforesaid
>cres of delays made this impossible Arci-
dents were continually happening to the work
men employed in the ward. Tackle and en-
-nc> broke and became d>organiz"d almost
HaIN. ana every time Il beam. a block or a
>caoding fell one or more wurkmen were
carried TO the hospital. Tie first estimate OF
cost of sl.t0,GiH was exceeded ncarl, III, 600
directly consequent on these m-ae, cnturc>
Anh when. on The last ] thursday in September
orders w'ro given to launch the ship She had
alreadA earned a bad character. The ways
were -rra>'t all hlork> removed. iiit the ship
refused to bulge. The workmrn toiied unlil
midnight With levers and ropes 10 force her i'll
t. III" -ta ami Il few moments after midnigii.
the biz na>lIe>> hulk slipped 80 suddenly that
ON" "I the WorklAcn was crushed to death be-
meath her bows.
lhU> baptized in blood and launched on Fri
.l1y the Harvey Niill~ Lets.n, lion li...tr.,,.
career. She was IS feet beam and - feet !.
inches depth Of hold. was built of oak and vel
lew pine and WAS 2.o1. tons burden. She he
@an trading hetwcen Liverpool and Port Roy
al. :. G., the following spring. On her first
Trip along il'' coast she >pruuy leak and ca ne
very near being abandoned l'j her crew. She
:ra"hrd Port Royal in 4 sinking condition. and
II was f"lni that She had lost one of her bot
tom piahk> in some mysterious manner. IIaN-
M been carefully repaired and oNcrhaulr'l. the
Harvey Mills Wa, laden with cotton in bal..s
| alI cleared fer Liverpool.
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- - ,'oi Wo"iu iii"ht Se'o'd voyage
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" '.i ~ ''i,lc hapiene'i 10 ne SIGN
n i;'''I o1 bo'i' M'ei >ht >aileH 'liit man surely
,.ni Il ~" M ,"ip ,ip was '3'il, anu aSaiii snort
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''' ali' 70 cap tlG very 'i'iiilN ol
l,"'"u> ''"'i'r S'e won tie reputation OF
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,;,,,' '''' ""e et"ii. 'li' riISIiS pc
,i l,''i, '.;'' NJ ~, .ii'i'o'S heil-> VINO alitd
~ 'nG noists ol lle ,l'e>ts ana Il
'"'i' v, 'Niioi fitN'iitu III me lore
w ~ ieI'"l',d itHhitttc tiieie oi
M ~. ,i - ~, w" nay ui y. violence
~ H. ii.! ,''.t''icN''" 'ielr presence III
,' >rm ''",a>,' way; ana one iact Is
~ nn. 'n'.a .Nc harvey MUS was
away '"'''''' iiec ii'''i rats
collision IN THE NIGHT.
In December. lSSo. the Harvey Mills s.t s,il
from LivcrpooI with n I,.w ,rrw ,nL fniI
cargo of mi>cellau.ou, mprch,ndi-. ami in.
>urca at a heavy prcmi,un. Her nr,.yio,,.
record had incurred the Iisnl,suri of th.